Michael Hügler

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Hügler is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Hügler has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ecology, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Michael Hügler's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (20 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (8 papers). Michael Hügler is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (20 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (8 papers). Michael Hügler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Australia. Michael Hügler's co-authors include Stefan M. Sievert, Georg Fuchs, Ivan A. Berg, Daniel Kockelkorn, Birgit E. Alber, W. Hugo Ramos‐Vera, Rafael F. Say, Harald Huber, Jan Zarzycki and Johannes F. Imhoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael Hügler

37 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Autotrophic carbon fixation in archaea

2010 525 citations Ivan A. Berg, Daniel Kockelkorn et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Beyond the Calvin Cycle: Autotrophic Carbon Fixation in the Ocean

2010 481 citations Michael Hügler, Stefan M. Sievert profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Hügler Germany	24	1.7k	1.7k	710	485	370	37	3.2k
Ivan A. Berg Germany	23	1.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.4×	621 0.9×	245 0.5×	365 1.0×	50	3.9k
Masayuki Miyazaki Japan	32	1.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	868 1.2×	303 0.6×	349 0.9×	115	3.7k
Costantino Vetriani United States	31	2.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	904 1.3×	655 1.4×	352 1.0×	70	3.4k
Christian Jeanthon France	41	2.6k 1.5×	2.0k 1.2×	1.6k 2.2×	530 1.1×	665 1.8×	90	4.3k
Hisako Hirayama Japan	35	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 2.2×	558 1.2×	328 0.9×	54	3.6k
Stefan M. Sievert United States	36	3.0k 1.7×	1.9k 1.1×	1.6k 2.2×	1.2k 2.5×	551 1.5×	80	4.9k
Jiasong Fang China	30	1.2k 0.7×	810 0.5×	606 0.9×	381 0.8×	348 0.9×	126	2.7k
Stéphane L’Haridon France	32	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	916 1.3×	161 0.3×	248 0.7×	54	2.4k
Matthew B. Stott New Zealand	32	2.3k 1.3×	2.5k 1.5×	1.4k 1.9×	121 0.2×	389 1.1×	94	4.7k
James Hemp United States	22	870 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	318 0.4×	196 0.4×	271 0.7×	50	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Hügler

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Hügler

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All Works

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Stange, Claudia, et al.. (2024). Quantification of β-lactamase producing bacteria in German surface waters with subsequent MALDI-TOF MS-based identification and β-lactamase activity assay. Heliyon. 10(5). e27384–e27384. 5 indexed citations

Gescher, Johannes, et al.. (2023). Gastropods as a source for fecal indicator bacteria in drinking water. Water Research. 244. 120494–120494. 2 indexed citations

Stange, Claudia, Beate Hambsch, Andreas Tiehm, et al.. (2021). Seasonal dynamics in the number and composition of coliform bacteria in drinking water reservoirs. The Science of The Total Environment. 787. 147539–147539. 33 indexed citations

Dötsch, Andreas, Michael Hügler, Michael Wagner, et al.. (2020). From an extremophilic community to an electroautotrophic production strain: identifying a novel Knallgas bacterium as cathodic biofilm biocatalyst. The ISME Journal. 14(5). 1125–1140. 31 indexed citations

Pütz, Alexander M., Hua Zou, Chunhua Li, et al.. (2019). Evaluation and application of molecular denitrification monitoring methods in the northern Lake Tai, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 663. 686–695. 7 indexed citations

Mall, Achim, Jessica Sobotta, Claudia Huber, et al.. (2018). Reversibility of citrate synthase allows autotrophic growth of a thermophilic bacterium. Science. 359(6375). 563–567. 130 indexed citations

Thiel, Vera, Michael Hügler, David M. Ward, & Donald A. Bryant. (2017). The Dark Side of the Mushroom Spring Microbial Mat: Life in the Shadow of Chlorophototrophs. II. Metabolic Functions of Abundant Community Members Predicted from Metagenomic Analyses. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 943–943. 52 indexed citations

Giovannelli, Donato, Stefan M. Sievert, Michael Hügler, et al.. (2017). Insight into the evolution of microbial metabolism from the deep-branching bacterium, Thermovibrio ammonificans. eLife. 6. 30 indexed citations

Hügler, Michael, et al.. (2014). Inactivation of F-specific bacteriophages during flocculation with polyaluminum chloride – A mechanistic study. Water Research. 51. 144–151. 29 indexed citations

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Hügler, Michael, Jillian M. Petersen, Nicole Dubilier, Johannes F. Imhoff, & Stefan M. Sievert. (2011). Pathways of Carbon and Energy Metabolism of the Epibiotic Community Associated with the Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Shrimp Rimicaris exoculata. PLoS ONE. 6(1). e16018–e16018. 71 indexed citations

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Hügler, Michael, Andrea Gärtner, & Johannes F. Imhoff. (2010). Functional genes as markers for sulfur cycling and CO2 fixation in microbial communities of hydrothermal vents of the Logatchev field. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 73(3). no–no. 70 indexed citations

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Berg, Ivan A., Daniel Kockelkorn, W. Hugo Ramos‐Vera, et al.. (2010). Autotrophic carbon fixation in archaea. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 8(6). 447–460. 525 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hügler, Michael & Johannes F. Imhoff. (2009). Life at Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents—Oases Under Water. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law. 24(2). 201–208. 3 indexed citations

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Sievert, Stefan M., Kathleen M. Scott, Martin G. Klotz, et al.. (2007). Genome of the Epsilonproteobacterial Chemolithoautotroph Sulfurimonas denitrificans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74(4). 1145–1156. 213 indexed citations

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Markert, Stephanie, C. Arndt, Horst Felbeck, et al.. (2007). Physiological Proteomics of the Uncultured Endosymbiont of Riftia pachyptila. Science. 315(5809). 247–250. 160 indexed citations

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Petersen, Sven, Nico Augustin, A. Esposito, et al.. (2007). Drilling Submarine Hydrothermal Sites in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy, during Meteor cruise M73/2. 1 indexed citations

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Hügler, Michael, Carl O. Wirsen, Georg Fuchs, Craig D. Taylor, & Stefan M. Sievert. (2005). Evidence for Autotrophic CO ₂ Fixation via the Reductive Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle by Members of the ε Subdivision of Proteobacteria. Journal of Bacteriology. 187(9). 3020–3027. 195 indexed citations

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Hügler, Michael & Georg Fuchs. (2005). Assaying for the 3‐Hydroxypropionate Cycle of Carbon Fixation. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 397. 212–221. 13 indexed citations

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Hügler, Michael, et al.. (2003). Characterization of acetyl‐CoA/propionyl‐CoA carboxylase in Metallosphaera sedula. European Journal of Biochemistry. 270(4). 736–744. 83 indexed citations

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Hügler, Michael, Harald Huber, Karl O. Stetter, & Georg Fuchs. (2003). Autotrophic CO2 fixation pathways in archaea (Crenarchaeota). Archives of Microbiology. 179(3). 160–173. 132 indexed citations

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